THE GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE
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In time, this page will open the door to a library of trade policy documents — some generated by GBD and some from other sources.  With one exception, each of the links below is a link to a particular item— statements, articles, MP3 recordings,  PowerPoint presentations, and the like.  The exception is the first entry, which is a link to a group of documents, specifically recent TTALK Quotes and other broadcast emails from GBD.

Recent TTALK Quotes and other Emails

                         Documents Posted in 2012

Document No. 147 - AFL-CIO Letter  of February 1, 2012, from Richard L. Trumka to President Obama on the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement. 

Document No. 146 - TPP: Views of Peter D. Ehrenhaft submitted to USTR on January 13, 2012, in response to USTR's request for comments in response to the requests made by Canada, Japan, and Mexico to join the TPP negotiations.   Mr. Ehrenhaft is concerned in these comments primarily with TPP's potential for liberalizing trade in legal services.

Document No. 145 - TPP: Views of the Canadian Government on Canada and TPP, presented to USTR in January 2012.

Document No. 144 - TPP: Caterpillar Submission to USTR of January 11, 2012.  Filed in response to a USTR request for comments on including Canada, Japan, and Mexico in the TPP negotiations, this submission argues for welcoming all three as TPP negotiating partners and in addition discusses certain issues in the negotiation.

                         Documents Posted in 2011

Document No. 143 - The Chinese Pork Dilemma.  These are the slides presented by David C. Nelson, global strategist with Rabobank, at the September 14 GBD colloquium on Trade and the Chinese Diet.

Document No. 142 - Trade and China's Food Needs.  These are the slides Dr. Dermot Hayes, an agricultural economist, presented at the September 14 GBD Colloquium on Trade and the Chinese Diet.

Document No. 141 - Trade in Pork: U.S. Exports, China's Imports. These graphs show the trade in pork and pork products between the U.S. and China for the first seven months of 2011.

Document No. 140 - Trade and the Chinese Diet: A Look at Land, Inflation, and Pork. This is an MP3 recording of the GBD colloquium on this topic, held in Washington, DC, on September 14, 2011.   The presenters were:

Darci Vetter, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture,

Dr. Dermot Hayes, Iowa State University, and

David C. Nelson, Rabobank.

Nick Giordano of the National Pork Producers Council serviced as moderator.

Temporary Document No. 1 - List of SOE officials scheduled to participate in GBD's Investment Seminar on September 22, 2011.

Document No. 139 - The Future Shape of the World Trading System, a paper by Alan Wm. Wolff of Dewey & LeBoeuf for a conference of the International Law Section of the American Bar Association, July 18, 2011.

Document No. 138  - Catching the December Wave, Part IV, with Jake Colvin of the National Foreign Trade Council.  This MP3 recording contains the fourth and final segment of the GBD colloquium Catching the December Wave: Issues for the WTO's 2011 Ministerial, which was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2011.  Other segments can be found at Documents 135, 136, and 137.  

Document No. 137 - Catching the December Wave, Part III, with Hiddo Houben of the EU.  This MP3 recording contains the third segment of the GBD colloquium Catching the December Wave: Issues for the WTO's 2011 Ministerial, which was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2011.  Other segments can be found at Documents 135, 136, and 138.   

Document No. 136 - Catching the December Wave, Part II, with Cathy Raper of the Australian Embassy.  This MP3 recording contains the second segment of the GBD colloquium Catching the December Wave: Issues for the WTO's 2011 Ministerial, which was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2011.  Other segments can be found at Documents 135, 137, and 138.   

Document No. 135 - Catching the December Wave, Part I, with William Lane of Caterpillar.  This MP3 recording includes the first segment of the GBD Colloquium, Catching the December Wave: Issues for the WTO's 2011 Ministerial, which was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on July 14, 2011.   This segment includes introductory remarks by GBD President R. K. Morris, the audio of a trade education video  prepared by the U.S. U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, and remarks by William Lane of Caterpillar.

Document No. 134 - Remarks of the Australian Embassy's Minister-Counselor for Trade, Cathy Raper, at the GBD colloquium on July 14, 2011, "Catching the December Wave: Issues for the WTO's 2011 Ministerial."

Document  No. 133 - A Letter on the Doha Round from Caterpillar CEO Douglas R. Oberhelman.  Dated, June 28, 2011, this letter was sent separately to the trade ministers of the United States, Brazil, China, India, and the European Union.  In it, Mr. Oberhelman sets out the very strong case for positive action on the Doha Round agenda. 

Document No. 132 - Statement from Sen. Orrin Hartch (R-Utah) on the Administration's apparent unwillingness to clarify whether there are or are not pre-conditions for requesting a vote on the FTA with Colombia separate from those laid out in the Action Plan on labor issues.   Offered in the Senate on May 12, 2011.

Document No. 131 -  Statement on the Doha Round and the WTO by eight U.S. Business Organization, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- Issued on May 2, 2011

Document No. 130 - The SEC's Proposed Rule on Conflict Minerals of December 15, 2010.

Document No. 129  ̶  A letter from Nancy Z. Boswell, the president and CEO, of the U.S. chapter of Transparency International to the United States Trade Representative.  Issued on August 10, 2010, the letter urges the United States to put forward certain positions in the context of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) negotiations.

Document No 128 - A letter from Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich), dated March 7, 2011, and sent to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk in response to his letter on the free trade agreement with South Korea of the same date (see below).

Document No. 127 - Ambassador Ron Kirk's letter of March 7, 2011, to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (Republican of Michigan), advising him that USTR has completed its initial work on the implementing legislation for the U.S. free trade agreement with South Korea and the associated Statement of Administrative Action.

Document No. 126 - An audio recording of Laura Lane's remarks at the GBD colloquium on February 24, 2011, Rational Tenacity, which focused on the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.  Ms. Lane is Senior Vice President for International Government Affairs at Citi in Washington. 

Document No. 125 - An audio recording of the remarks of Nick Giordano at the GBD colloquium of February 24, 2011, Rational Tenacity, on the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement.  Mr. Giordano is Vice President and International Trade Counsel  for the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC).

Document No. 124 - An audio recording of Stephen Donehoo's remarks at the  GBD colloquium of February 24, 2011, Rational Tenacity, on the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement. Mr. Donehoo, a former military intelligence officer who specializes in Latin American affairs is a Managing Director of McLarty Associates.

Document No. 1023 - Time to Exchange Andean Preferences for Reciprocal Free Trade Agreements, a CSIS Commentary by Meredith Broadbent and Stephen Johnson.

Document No. 1022 - Losing Jobs and Alienating Friends: The Consequences of Falling Behind on Free Trade Agreements, A Report to the Members of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, February 8, 2011.

Document No. 1021 - Neighborliness, an article by Birgit Matthiesen from the Spring edition of CME 2020 Magazine, a publication of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters.

Document No. 1020 - A letter from 50 Food and Agriculture Organizations to President Obama, dated February 14, 2011, and urging early action on the pending free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama.

Document No. 1019 - "Bilateral Agreements: Congressional Impetus to Implementing Pending FTAs," by John Magnus of TradeWins LLC, published by BNA International Trade Reporter of February 3, 2011.

Document No. 1018 - "Epic Floods Batter Colombia," a fact sheet on the floods in Colombia of 2010 and 2011, prepared by the Embassy of Colombia, January 2011.

Documents from 2010

Document No. 1017 — "Europe's Preferential Trade Agreements: Status, Content, and Implications" is report − dated March 22, 2010 − by Raymond J. Ahearn, Specialist in International Trade and Finance at the Congressional Research Service, part of the Library of Congress.

Document No. 1016 — PowerPoint presentation by Theodore H. Moran, Is China "Locking Up" the World's Natural Resources?, and given at the GBD colloquium The Treasure Hunt: Part II of the GBD series on Raw Materials and Trade, on July 27, 2010.

Document No. 1015 — PowerPoint presentation by Donald Brasher of Global Trade Information Services, shown in conjunction with his presentation at the GBD colloquium on July 27, 2010, The Treasure Hunt: Part II of the GBD series on Raw Materials and Trade.

Document No. 1014 – Remarks of Charles Blum at the GBD colloquium The Stuff of Competitiveness.  Mr. Blum is president of the IAS Group, an international consulting firm.  This event, the first in the GBD series on Raw Materials and Trade, was held in Washington on July 22, 2010.

Document No. 1013 – Testimony on "Rare Earth Minerals and 21st Century Industry" by Terence Stewart of Stewart & Stewart.  This testimony was given on March 16, 2010 before the Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight of the House Committee on Science and Technology.  Mr. Stewart addressed the same issue at the GBD colloquium, Raw Materials Part I, on July 22, 2010.

Doc No. 1012 – An MP3 recording of the GBD colloquium, THE TREASURE HUNT: Part II of the GBD Series on Raw Materials and Trade.  This event was held at the National Press Club on July 27, 2010.  Click the document number to listen.

Doc. No. 1011  – An MP3 recording of the GBD Colloquium THE STUFF OF COMPETITIVENESS: Part I of the GBD Series on Raw Materials and Trade. This event was held at the National Press Club on July 22, 2010.  Click the document number to listen.

Doc. No. 1010 -- Signers of the May 2010 letter on the Doha Round negotiations on Fishing Subsidies from Ocean, Mission Blue and 67 citizen of the world to the Leaders of the G-20.

Doc. No. 1008 -- The Agreement published by the parties to the UK Coalition Government -- the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats -- on May 12, 2010.

Doc. No. 1007 -- Letter from R. Bruce Josten of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to Senator Chris Dodd and
Representative Howard Berman on the Iran sanctions bill, H.R. 2194, being considered in conference in May 2010.  The letter is dated May 6, 2010

Doc No. 1006 -- Speech by Boeing CEO  Jim McNerney on Renewing U.S. Competitiveness and Innovation in a Changing Global Economy, given on April 22, 2010, at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

Doc. No. 1005 Padilla – Christopher Padilla of IBM gave the keynote address at the March 22, 2010, symposium, UP A LEVEL IN ASIA: Improving the Business and Investment Environment in the Asia Pacific Region.  This is the prepared text for that speech.  The event was produced jointly by the Global Business Dialogue and the Embassy of Japan and held at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC. 

Doc. No. 1002_Wolff, the prepared text of Alan Wm. Wolff's presentation at the GBD colloquium on February 24, 2010, VALUING (US) GLOBAL INVESTMENT: A Framework Discussion for FDI Policies from BITs to Taxes.

Doc. No. 1003, Slaughter - How U.S. Multinational Companies Strengthen the U.S. Economy by Professor Matthew J. Slaughter, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, published in the Spring of 2009 by the Business Roundtable and the U.S. Council Foundation.

Doc. No. 1004, GBD - A recording of the GBD colloquium Valuing (U.S.) Global Investment: A Framework Discussion for FDI Policies from BITs to Taxes.  The event was held at the National Press Club on February 24, 2010, and included remarks by Gary Clyde Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics; R. Scott Miller of Procter & Gamble; Linda Menghetti from ECAT; and Alan Wm. Wolff with Dewey & LeBoeuf.  Sarah Thorn of Walmart served as moderator.

                        Documents from 2000

Document No. 1001GBD, an edited transcript of the GBD Colloquium, NGOs, Governments, and the WTO, held at the National Press Club in Washington on November 6, 2000.
 
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